Chances are that if you have ever been a tournament chess
player in the Southeastern United States, then you have competed in Atlanta
before. It has long been one of the leading chess cities in this part of the
country.

For the past two decades, you may have done battle in the infamous
"House of Pain" also known as the Atlanta Chess Center that sadly shut its
doors a few years back. You may have traveled through for one of the keenly
managed Georgia Chess Association events that determines Georgia's State Champions
or perhaps played at the prestigious Emory University summer events. You could
have played chess in a house, mall, university, hotel or even a pub if you made
enough trips to Atlanta. Now well over one thousand of the nation's sharpest
students are converging on the South's top chess town to determine this year's
National Junior High Champions.

2014 is
an anomaly for our teams from Nashville, Tennessee. For the first time in some
years, we are forced to pack up and hit the road as the Opryland Hotel is
taking a year off from hosting.This
time around, the luxurious downtown Hyatt will be our stomping ground. The
location of this year's hotel is in close proximity to local spots such as the
Coca-Cola Museum, The Georgia Aquarium, CNN's headquarters and Atlanta's
Olympic Stadium. So for those students
who win quickly, there will be plenty for them to go and see in between games.